Release Notes

Release 1.4.1 (New Version numbering)

Supported Unreal Engine Verisons

• UE 5.4
• UE 5.3

Overview

• Change of version numbering
• InteractExt Function added to BookMenuActor
• Performance improvements on AnimInstance
• UE 5.4 compatibility adjustments
• Fix of GetBookMenuData function of BookMenuActor

BookMenuActor

• InteractExt function added
  • The Interactxt function additionally offers another Output with th UV Coordinates of the UVBookTrace
• Compatibility adjustments
  • mainly added include files UE5.4 seems to require now
• GetBookMenuData fix
  • Fixed a bug that caused that the WidgetInstances on UBookMenuData were still null after GetBookMenuData() on BookMenuActor

BookMenuComponent

• InteractExt function added
  • just interfacing the InteractExt of the BookMenuActor

BookMenuAnimInstance

• Timer Callback added for page rendering to provide an option to improve performance if needed
  • Developers can now configur the time between two rendercalls of the Widgets
  • The Option is available in the BookMenuData Asset, Property: RedrawTime
  • If 0 every frame will be rendered otherwise the given time in seconds will be used e.g. 0.1 for every 100ms
• Compatibility adjustments
  • mainly added include files UE5.4 seems to require now

BookMenuData

• RedrawTime attribute added to control the time between two render calls of the widgets

BookMenuStatics

• Compatibility adjustments
  • mainly added include files UE5.4 seems to require now

Release 5.3.2 for UE 5.3.2

Book Menu Actor and Book Menu Component

• Removed LastPageSectionIndex and Last Page Index Properties due to confusion about their purpose
• Get and Set BookMenu Data care now about cloning the data first before using it to avoid wrong runtime manipulation of data
• Set Book Menu Data now initializes the Book Menu Actor and Anim INstance correctly

Book Menu Interaction Actor

• Added additional Widget Components to fix stalling UI animations during page turn or if not focused
• Removed GetPageWidgetComponnt Function because it is obolete now

Book Menu Anim Instance

• refactoring of page rendering

Page Section Data Struct

• Widget Instances made readonly because the properties are only used at runtime internally
• Added some helper functions for rendering
• Removed Last Page Section Index and Last Page Index due to confusion about their usage
• SetInteractionActor Function added

Book Menu Statics

• MenuDataRuntimeInstance added to clone Book Menu Data before runtime manipulation

Release5.3.1 for UE 5.3.2

Book Menu Actor

• Added Get Function for Property BookMenuData; GetBookMenuData

• Added functions RegisterInteractionComponent and RegisterInteractionActor

• Exposed the following Properties via respective Get Functions

  • GetCurrentPageSectionIndex
  • GetLastPageSectionIndex
  • GetPendingPageSectionIndex
  • GetCurrentPageIndex
  • GetLastPageIndex
  • GetBookIsOpen
  • GetBookShouldOpen
  • GetBookShouldClose
  • GetPageSections

• Added Keyboard Focus features and Gamepad Support

  • SetKeyboardFocus

Book Menu Component

• Exposed the following Properties via respective Get Functions

  • GetCurrentPageSectionIndex
  • GetLastPageSectionIndex
  • GetPendingPageSectionIndex
  • GetCurrentPageIndex
  • GetLastPageIndex
  • GetBookIsOpen
  • GetBookShouldOpen
  • GetBookShouldClose
  • GetPageSections

• Added Keyboard Focus features and Gamepad Support

  • SetKeyboardFocus

BookMenuInteractionActor

• ArrowComponent added (PointerZero)

Book Menu Statics

• ResetWidgetInteractionPointer

Assets

• Updated Master Materials
• Folder structure in textures reorganized
• AnimMontage moved to own Folder
• Updated UV Layouts